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Europeans were trying to get to India to trade, having to sail around Africa. Doing so, they learned more about Africas culture.
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Europe starts buying slashes from Africa and gave them guns in return
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Europe wanted the resources in Africa so countries start taking sections of Africa including Britain, France, Spain and Italy
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Great Britain wanted control over the Suez Canal for money so they started to take over Egypt
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Germany and Portugal joined in on the fun of taking over countries in Africa and by now almost of of Africa was controlled by Europe
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South Africa was given independence by the British. Many other countries at this time started rebelling against colonization
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Afrikaners start lowering apartheid and the black people had more legal rights
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South Africans revolting against apartheid formed a congress. Many leaders were a rested and a member was even killed
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Sudans gets independence from Great Britain
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People in the south rebelled against people in the north
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Kwame Nkrumah brought the idea of Black Africans uniting worldwide. Soon after, Ghana became independent form Europe
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The Hutu people in Rwanda took control over the country
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After many years of politically fighting, Kenya broke free from Great Britain
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Nelson Mandela protests apartheid and gets sentenced for life in prision
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Joseph Mobutu gained power and rules the Belgium Congo brutally for 32 years
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In Nigeria, the Igbo people tried to break away from Nigeria. Starting a civil war that killed thousands, and eventually surrendering
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Sudan has a second Civil war killing millions
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Klerk realized the apartheid Laws come not stay in place so he worked to remove them
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de Klerk end apartheid and frees Nelson Mandela from jail
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Helping end apartheid, Mandela and de Klerk received Nobel peace prizes
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Nelson Mandela is elected the President of South Africa
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Almost a million Tutsi people were murdered and soon enough the Tutsi people got back in control and restored peace
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People in Tunisia started to want more a of a democratic government. This movement was spread mostly through social media
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Sudan had two wars for independence killing millions. It worked, and South Sudan was a new country
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A democratic government was chosen in Tunisia
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This dictator refused to step down and as a result was hunted down and killed in Lybia
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Dictator Mubarak was forced to resign and was replaced soon after
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An Islamic fundamentalist took control of the government
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Morsi’s government was overthrown by the military and his political party banned
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Klerk annoyed the end of apartheid and freed Nelson